Academic Services
Academic Conferences, workshops & projects
BIRD – Design research as elastic discourse
Today is tomorrow
Public Design
several DGTF (German Association for Design Theory and Research) conferences
Research study and conference of ‘Girls and Computers’
Observational studies: An Introduction
Research methods in design: An Introduction
Design for Provocation
Stupid Design
Women & Hotels
Gendered Packaging and Buying Attitudes
The History of the Modern
Academic design competitions
Concept of the Koelner Design Preis and Koelner Design Preis international
Lucky Strike Junior Design Award: Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Japan.
Curriculum Development
Examples:
- participation in the further development of curricula at the University of Hanover (Germany)
- concept, design and development of the Koeln International School of Design (KISD)
- advisor for establishing the first MA course at the Hong Kong PolyU, School of Design
- peer of evaluation panels – e.g. University of Western Sydney, Royal College of Art London, University of Industrial Design and Art Helsinki
- consultants for the curriculum of the design faculty at the German University Cairo (GUC)
- conceptualisation, coordination and implementation of numerous workshops
- jury participation